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Re:Why Don't People Manage Debt Better? by TwiztidK on Friday February 19, 2016 @02:19PM (#11135843)
> Yes it's fatter than those newfangled flat things, but it doesn't watch me watching it, it doesn't record my conversations, and it doesn't report my viewing habits back to the mother ship. One day it will fail and I'll be forced to get a new one.

It's actually getting pretty difficult to buy a new "dumb" TV these days. The last TV I bought was in November 2014, it's a normal 50" Plasma screen TV with zero connected features. Some of my relatives liked the TV and asked me to find them one like it and I can't. Apparently TV makers have decided that making good TVs isn't important and packing them with smart features I don't want or need is the way to go.

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Re:Why Don't People Manage Debt Better? by Terribledactyl on Friday February 19, 2016 @04:05PM (#11136615)
Recently purchased an older model LG oled, and it has all sorts of "smart" features. Simply not connecting it to the internet and not agreeing to the terms of service has turned it back into a dumb tv.
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